The Elements of Basic Electromagnetism

The material of this Chapter is given concisely to remind the Readers only of the fundamental electromagnetic (EM) equations and wave effects. More details are from many contributions on different aspects of electromagnetism cited in this book part (Maxwell (1954) A treatise on electricity and magnetism, Dover; Heaviside (1889) Electromagnetic waves. Taylor & Francis; Jackson (1999) Classical electrodynamics. Wiley; Balanis (1989) Advanced engineering electromagnetics. Wiley; Smythe (1968) Static and dynamic electricity. McGraw-Hill; Stewart (2001) Intermediate electromagnetic theory. World Scientific; Shekunoff (1963) Electromagnetic field. Blaisdell Publ. Comp.; Marcuvitz (1986) Waveguide handbook. Inst. of Eng. and Techn. Publ.; Mashkovzev et al (1966) Theory of waveguides. Nauka Publ. In Russian; Katsenelenbaum (2006) High-frequency electrodynamics. Wiley-vch Verlag Gmbh; Vaganov and Katsenelenbaum (1982) Foundation of the diffraction theory. Nauka Publ. In Russian; Nikol’skii and Nikol’skaia (1989) Electrodynamics and radiowave propagation. Nauka Publ., Moscow. In Russian; Collin (2001) Foundation of microwave engineering. Wiley; Felsen and Marcuvitz (1973) Radiation and scattering of waves. Prentice-Hall). Static electricity, stationary magnetism, and elementary wave phenomena are considered here. Boundary conditions provide unique solutions to the EM differential equations, and they are reviewed in this Chapter. The reflection of plane waves from the boundary of two magnetodielectric mediums is studied as an example of these boundary value problems. 36 references are given for readers who wish to learn more about the EM theory of waveguides and transmission lines. Nine figures are in the text.